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When you look at the right kind of “forever” ideas, holding for the long term is not difficult.

I’d like to start off today with two true stories. The first is about my great-grandfather, Carlton Gardner Lutts, an inventor, entrepreneur and metallurgist. Between 1929 and 1954 while working at the Boston Navy Yard, he developed and patented several improved methods of manufacturing anchor chains. That’s a diagram from one...

“Today we’re going to take a look at Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (DNKN). The parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts has been in business for a very long time. But based on its newly redesigned business strategy, the company is poised to follow in the footprints of McDonald’s and...

“Should the global economy come to a screeching halt, we won’t need as much coal, aluminum, or iron ore. Those fears are behind this recent pullback in commodity stocks. But this speed bump doesn’t alter the fact that long-term demand for energy and metals is going nowhere but up, particularly...

Over the years, countless investors have asked us for advice on investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Many investors refuse to let any type of bounce or rally go by without participating in it.

Preparing for a hurricane can provide lessons for investing.

Last Friday, I went to the grocery store around noon to buy something for lunch and ingredients for dinner. It was an utter madhouse: shopping carts and stacks of food blocked the aisles, and people were everywhere. It wasn’t until I got home that I realized why: the hurricane heading toward...

Options let you participate in the market movements with less money exposed to overall market risk.

“HealthSpring, Inc. (HS) is being upgraded to a Best Buy. The company, which derives most of its revenue from the Medicare Advantage program, delivered solid June-quarter results. Consensus estimates for 2011 and 2012 have moved higher since the report, but the stock has been pressured by selling in...